Orson
Perkins
Drake
Born in Allegany, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Drake
and Patience (Perkins) Bingham
Brother of
Samuel Taft [half], David Taft [half], Lewis Taft [half], Mary Ann (Taft) Hawley [half], Lucy (Taft) Danforth [half], Diantha (Drake) Barnes, Daniel Newell Drake Jr., Sarah (Drake) Paine and Horace Drake
Husband of
Elizabeth Jane (Parsons) Dorsey
— married
7 May 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Orson Person Drake, Mary Jane Drake, Patience Eliza (Drake) McManos, Amanda (Drake) Anderson, John Drake and Elizabeth Ellen (Drake) Woolsey
Died
at age 44
in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2016
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Biography
Orson was born in 1823. He was the son of Daniel Drake and Patience Perkins. He passed away in 1868.
Sources
"Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CT53 : 20 May 2016), Orson Perkins Drake, 1847.
"Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-DCN : 11 September 2015), Orson P. Drake in entry for Elizabeth Drake Woolsey, 1944.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-CP1 : 30 December 2015), Orson Drake, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Orson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Orson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Orson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Orson:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Logan Singleton 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 20lsingleton1943
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~1.56%
Cindy Hawley :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Ronald Swinehart :
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